by Sam | 9 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A new report published this week by the think tank IPPR says Britain needs stronger and better quality vocational education. The report describes the “focus by successive governments on expanding higher education, with relatively little attention paid to vocational...
by Sam | 3 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Telegraph has reported that over half of free schools have been established in areas with staunch support for the Labour Party, which will be as much as two-thirds when more free schools open in September. The paper suggests parents in Labour-leaning areas are...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Labour have angered teaching unions by announcing plans to introduce tests for pupils aged between five and 11 if it wins the next election. The National Union of Teachers has voted to boycott such tests, but Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has said: “It’s...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Uncategorized
Labour leader Ed Miliband has announced that a Labour Government would look to reintroduce the entitlement for patients to receive an appointment at a GP surgery within 48 hours of seeking one, and 24 hours if the patient is in “serious need”. Miliband...
by Sam | 7 May 2014 | Infrastructure, Public Sector
What do the railways, supermarkets and big business have in common? Well, if you believe what you read in the papers, they might all by subject to greater intervention by a Labour government if Ed Miliband takes up residence in Downing Street come 2015. Over the...
